Elijah Donica allegedly held a steak knife to his father's throat after a dispute over a soft drink

4:41 PM,
Apr. 25, 2014

Elijah Donica

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A family dispute involving a soft drink has placed a New Castle man in significant legal trouble.

Elijah Donica, 22, is accused of threatening to kill his father with a knife after the older man refused to retrieve a beverage from their home's refrigerator. The younger Donica is also accused of later getting into one of the household's two cars and intentionally crashing into the other vehicle.

According to New Castle Police Department reports, officers were called to an apartment building in the 1600 block of Estes Street on April 7 and encountered Donica's father, who said his son had held a ...